Creating magic with words

Month: June 2016

Yesterday TRH (The Retired Husband) and I went touristing. Right here in our hometown of Adelaide. To be more specific, Port Adelaide. A historic location, Port Adelaide was officially proclaimed a harbour on the 23rd February 1837. By 1900 over 1000 ships a year called in, bringing supplies and passengers to the growing population of … More Echoes of Port Adelaide 1

CRASH ! The condo was gone. Just like that. One minute it was there. Then it was gone. As if it had never existed. And with it, my life. All my family were in it when it crashed. They said it was a freak accident. A huge sink hole had swallowed the whole block up. … More Starting over

Victory is mine!! TRH (The Retired Husband) liked my mushroom soup! He even had seconds! And said I could make it again! Ok, that’s enough. Just had to gloat a bit… Here’s some interesting mushroom trivia to whet your appetite – Mushrooms are comprised of 85-95 % water. Mushrooms have their own immune system. Mushrooms … More MUSHROOMS

I set a hard task in Circle of Friends this month! I asked for your vision, a slice of the Big Picture in ‘ the creation of a circle of friends that spans the world and transcends human foibles and pettiness.’ Like others, I found myself floundering. The Big Picture was – well, just TOO … More Random Acts of Kindness

TRH (The Retired Husband) and I took a trip to the famous Adelaide Central Market today. It’s one of Australia’s largest fresh produce markets right slap bang in the middle of the CBD. Friday is one of the busiest days. It’s the end of the working week. And the market is open from 7am to … More Echoes of Food – mushrooms

Abracadabra, hillagazoom!! Kapow! Zoom! Bim bam bong!! Damn it! Nothing was working. All the spells and enchantments I’d so carefully learned and secreted into the nooks and crannies of my mind were useless. Each of these seemingly nonsensical words had been painstakingly built literally letter by letter. Layer upon layer of magic just like the … More The One

When was the last time you gave someone a hug? Or had one yourself? Think back to that time. What did it feel like? I don’t mean just the physical feel of it. I mean the WHOLE thing. Science has of course studied this phenomena. It has been validated as a good thing. More than … More HUGS

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Viktor E Frankl ♥ Life is not about how fast you run or how high you climb but how well you bounce. Unknown. ♥ I don’t sing … More Words

It was a pleasant summer’s day in Faery Land’s country town, Diddle. Daddle the town cat, stretched herself lazily, yawning as she woke from her noonday nap. Then she sat, grooming herself, as she always did on first waking. Keeping up appearances was so important. Tail neatly coiled around herself, she washed her face, … More Let’s Fiddle

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